InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Unexpected - Rain on Sakura Blossoms ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter Thirteen


She sighed as she relaxed in the soothing warm water of the hot spring. All the tension in her muscles just melted away and evaporated. She closed her eyes and pulled the chopsticks from her hair and it flowed down her back in a waterfall of ebony silk. She stretched and yawned as she relaxed further, enjoying the feel of the water against her skin.


Before, Raine was a bit confused about her relationship with Thor. At times she felt like she loved him, at times she didn't know if she really did love him or if she should love him, but after she slept with him she knew she really did love him. She loved him. It wasn't until yesterday, after she left the forest that she realized she had actually told him she loved him.


And it felt good; it felt amazing to say those words for the first time in her life and actually mean it.


Now they were together; an official couple. She wanted to do things with him that she never thought about doing with Yosuke. It just felt so right to be with him. To be in his arms, to kiss him, to hold him. She felt so alive when she was with him; she was no longer the dutiful daughter she once was. She was free to do what she pleased and that meant dancing and singing amongst the trees and creatures she loved so much.


With Thor she was happy. For once in her life she was happy and she could never be more grateful.


Yosuke was a nice guy, but he couldn't compare to Thor.


Thor was perfect and he was her koiishi (not sure what that means).


She heard the water ripple as someone stepped into the water and she opened her eyes to discover Yosuke sitting in front of her with a lustful look in his eyes.


"What are you doing here?" She asked.


"It's been two weeks since the last time we slept together." He said. He eased closer to her and placed his hands on her knees.


She was starting to get uncomfortable and she knew what he wanted, but sleeping with her husband felt like cheating on her boyfriend, when it should be the other way around.


"We share a bed every night." She said nervously.


He grinned. "You know what I mean." He pushed down on her knees and tried to push her legs apart.


"I don't want to." She said.


"Why not?" He asked reliving the pressure on her knees.


She thought for a while. It wasn't like she could tell him about Thor. It would break his heart and she didn't want to do that.


"I don't want to." She repeated.


"Well I was hoping we'd get lucky this time. You know,"He reached out and rubbed her stomach. "start a family."


"Can't we try tomorrow?" She asked.


"I'm leaving for war tomorrow." He said.


"What?" She asked stunned.


"I was just thinking that if I died, I would die knowing that I probably had a child, that's all; that I wouldn't leave you alone. But if you don't want to..." He trailed off and turned to leave when he felt her grab his arm. He turned and saw the sympathy in her eyes.


Raine couldn't help feeling sorry for him. Knowing Yosuke, if he had to die he wouldn't want her to be lonely and when they were dating he always talked about how much he wanted a family. Why did she have to feel so sorry for him? She sighed.


"You're going to war? Tomorrow?" She asked in the best concerned wife voice she could muster.


"Yeah." He said as he nodded.


It would feel wrong for her to sleep with him, but she felt sorry for him and she was his wife so she was supposed to be there when he needed her; for better or worse.


She smiled weakly and she pulled him into her as she spread her legs. She apologized to Thor mentally and wrapped her legs around him and kissed him.


Raine prayed to Ama-no-Uzume, the goddess of fertility, that she did not get pregnant.


*oOo*


Sesshomaru, Mika, Thor, Shiaka and Malique were in the Lord and Lady's bed chambers where they had all their family meetings. They could tell it was important since Sesshomaru wasn't very relaxed; he was very serious and looked at them with the stern look he usually gave them when they were about to be scolded.


"Today," He began. "I have received word from Lord Kouga of the East that and army of humans is planning to attack him and take over his lands. Apparently they are getting help from a village about and hour's run from here; it is your mother's home village.


Since this Lord is receiving help from your uncle InuYasha and your five eldest cousins, InuYasha has asked me and ten percent of my army to aid them in this battle. Now I am asking you, my children, to accompany me. We leave tonight."


This came as a shock to Thor and very bad timing. He was supposed to meet his Raine tonight like he always did. Plus he couldn't go to war against an army from his mother's home village; Raine's husband would obviously be fighting and, as good as it would be with him gone, Thor couldn't do it. Raine may not have loved him but, but she cared about him and he would never forgive him if he killed her husband. Not only that, but she would think it was her fault.


"I can't go." Thor said.


Sesshomaru turned to him and narrowed his eyes. "And why not." He asked.


"Because..."Thor trailed off.


Mika looked at her eldest son. Somehow she knew that his reason for not going had something to do with what he didn't want to talk about earlier. Her children were growing up so fast. Something told her it was a girl and if Thor couldn't convince Sesshomaru then she could.


"Please, Fluffy, don't let them go. They're my babies. What if something happens to them, I can't lose my pups." Mika pleaded.


"With them by my side we can most definitely win." Sesshomaru said.


"Well take at least one of them. If you have to take two leave Thor. You know I worry when you're gone. Who'll keep me company? An emotionally stable?" She asked.


"My dear Mika, you worry too much." He said.


"Onegai, I need my pups." She said.


Sesshomaru sighed, when it came to her children, his Mika would do anything to keep them out of harm's way.


"Fine, I'll leave Thor, but I want Shiaka and Malique." He said.


"Can't you leave all of them?" She asked.


"Mika." Sesshmaru said.


"Okay, okay." She relented.


As everyone got up to leave, Thor looked over his shoulder at his mother and she winked. At first he didn't get it, but the he realized all the begging was just her way of getting his father to let him stay. His mother was so clever. He had a feeling she knew his motives for not going and honestly he didn't care; he was going to see Raine.


*oOo*


Raine sat on her bed and watched Yosuke put on his armour. He seemed so much more confident about this battle since they had slept together in the hot springs. She guessed he just wanted to make their possible last moments together special.


She looked down at her stomach and rubbed it a little. She prayed and prayed and prayed she wasn't pregnant. She didn't want Yosuke's baby, she wanted Thor's and she feared that if she really was carrying Yosuke's child that Thor would leave her and she didn't want that.


Yosuke wasn't leaving tonight, he was leaving in the afternoon; his father wanted to train him a little because he was not used to fighting in armour.


Raine knew that he would probably be training the entire night and she still had to see Thor so she was devising a plan to go see him without Yosuke interfering.


"How do I look?" He asked.


She smiled. "Like a true warrior." She said.


Raine sighed and stood. Now to see if her lie would work.


"Yosuke I would like to go into the forest tonight." She said.


"Sweetie, you know I can't." He said.


"Please. I'm under a lot of stress now that you're leaving for war. I'll be worried sick about you when you're gone, not knowing if you'll come back dead or alive. I'm really just not emotionally stable right now and this is my only way to let it out so please, just this one night." She said throwing in some tears.


He sighed. "Okay, but make it back before I finish training. I want to fall asleep with you beside me." He said.


She nodded and left the room with him before they went their separate ways.


*oOo*


Thor couldn't wait to tell Raine what his mother had done for them. It was amazing how his mother could bend his father's will to get what she wanted.


He was so grateful for what she did for him; for them. He was so happy that he would get to see her still. He had to admit, it would be pretty hard to explain to his father why he wasn't going to war, especially if it was because of an onna and a ningen onna at that.


He sniffed the air to see if she was close and shifted from sitting to standing on the tree branch.


Thor just couldn't wait to see her and smell her.


Speaking of which, that same heavenly smell reached his nose and he was not at all pleased. His Raine smelt like another man and that only meant one thing.


Thor almost went into a blood rage with the knowledge of his Raine sleeping with another man; he almost lost control and it took a lot to keep his inner youkai at bay.


Raine stepped into the clearing and he jumped out of the tree, landing beside her.


"Ko-" She began.


"Why did you sleep with him?" Thor asked as he covered his nose. He could no longer bear the horrible stench coming from her body.


"-nnichiwa," She finished. "Because I felt sorry for him."


"So!" Thor almost shouted.


"He got all mushy in me, talking about with him going to war if he died then hopefully this time I'd get pregnant." She said.


"That's not a good enough reason." Thor said.


Raine threw up her hands in defeat. "What was I supposed to do? He was talking about children and death and he looked so sad. I couldn't say no. I'm his wife!" She yelled in frustration.


Thor grabbed her shoulders. "You don't love him! You love me; you said it yourself. How can I be with you, knowing you're sleeping with someone else?" He asked.


"I don't know." She said in a barely audible voice as she slumped her shoulders. She really didn't want to, but she didn't know what else to do.


"Well I can't Raine, I can't. Promise me you won't sleep with him again." Thor pleaded.


"What am I supposed to tell him? 'Oh I can't sleep with you because my boyfriend doesn't want me to?' " She asked.


"Maybe it was a mistake for us to do this; we shouldn't be doing this." Thor said. He moved his hands from her shoulders and ran them through his hair.


Raine wasn't about to give up her relationship with Thor. This was something she always wanted and now she had it. Some man she didn't love was getting in her way. She sighed.


"Okay; I promise. I'll find some reason to tell him." She said.


Thor said nothing, only held down his head.


She stepped forward and opened her arms to hug him, but he stepped back. This really hurt her and she felt guilty since it was her fault he was acting like this.


She shouldn't have slept with Yosuke, even if he was her husband. Now the man she loved was rejecting her.



"I can't; not when you smell like him." He said.


Tears formed in her eyes. "I'm sorry." She choked as the salty liquid ran down her cheeks.


Thor sighed. "My father wants me to go to war with him tonight; he's going to war with my brother and sister. I said I didn't want to go, but now I change my mind." He said as he stared at his feet.


"No!" Raine said as more tears ran down her angelic face. "I don't want to lose you, I love you."


Thor looked into her eyes. When she cried it looked like a storm was raging in her eyes. He never saw something so dramatic in his life.


He leaned forward and licked away her tears; he couldn't stand seeing her cry. He snaked his hand around her waist and pulled her into him. He leaned down and rubbed his nose against hers before kissing her for so long that when he pulled away his lips were red and swollen.


"You forgive me?" She sniffled.


"Hai, I forgive you." He said.


She smiled and laughed a little. Raine rested her cheek on his cool armour and sighed. Her Thor loved her again.